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GOP candidate seeks Schwarzenegger's backing But governor may prefer Feinstein over conservative
SFGate.com ^ | 6/19/06 | John Wildermuth

Posted on 06/20/2006 8:52:46 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leaving open the possibility of backing Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein for re-election, despite an impassioned appeal from her GOP rival, former state Sen. Dick Mountjoy.

Schwarzenegger surprised his Republican backers shortly after the primary when he said he would have no problem endorsing a Democrat for office this year. "If I like someone, absolutely,'' he said at a June 8 campaign stop in Antioch.

While the governor didn't name any names, Steve Schmidt, his campaign manager, wasn't quite so circumspect.

"Like most Californians, (Schwarzenegger) thinks Dianne Feinstein is a great senator,'' Schmidt said.

While Schwarzenegger has made a blanket endorsement of the other Republicans on the statewide ticket, he has pointedly left the Senate seat out of the mix.

The governor "has not made an endorsement in the Senate race,'' Julie Soderlund, a spokeswoman for Schwarzenegger's campaign, said Friday. "We have nothing to announce at this time.''

The governor's reluctance to back Mountjoy has made a tough campaign even more of a longshot. The 74-year-old Monrovia (Los Angeles County) resident only jumped into the race after Republicans failed to recruit a better-known candidate and finds himself running far behind Feinstein in the polls and the quest for campaign cash.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: attackonarnold; backing; cagop; calgov2006; california; camilk; conservative; dicktooold; easydemwin; electionussenate; feinstein; gopcandidate; lamecandidate; milk; mountjoy; mywayorhighway; newmajority; patheticgop; preferfeinstein; schwarzenegger; seeks; tokenopposition; trojanhorse; unity
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To: Antoninus

It's all the conservatives fault , moderates and dems are ruthless, any good republican much less conservative ones should and are repulsed by the attitude that those now in power are infallible.

That has to change and quick or we truly will have a one party system. Frankly, my gut feel is we already do here in California.


41 posted on 06/20/2006 1:30:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Wanna help kick some liberal arse? It's not just a job here at FR, IT's an obsession.)
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To: NormsRevenge; SierraWasp; Amerigomag; ElkGroveDan
That has to change and quick or we truly will have a one party system. Frankly, my gut feel is we already do here in California.

And that is the problem with the so-called "GOP strategy." As Sundheim implied last year (see post 21), he thinks ideology is no longer important--it is only "winning" that matters. The big-government, big-spending, big-borrowing agenda is being embraced by these infiltrators. This new "pragmatic" party will serve no one but themselves. It's time to throw the bums out and return the Republican party to one that stands for something!

42 posted on 06/20/2006 1:39:54 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: newzjunkey
Dick Mountjoy is a token candidate and perhaps the most transparent of token candidates we've run against Boxer & Feinstein yet. It's truly PATHETIC.

What was Tom Campbell?????

43 posted on 06/20/2006 1:45:34 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: Libertarianize the GOP
Since Feinstein is going to win with or without the Governor's endorsement he might as well endorse her if it might aid his own reelection efforts.

It's just as likely to cost him votes. I know for certain of two voters that will consider that the final straw.

44 posted on 06/20/2006 1:47:23 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: ElkGroveDan; newzjunkey
"What was Tom Campbell?????"

Or Bill Jones, for that matter!!!

45 posted on 06/20/2006 2:49:51 PM PDT by SierraWasp (California is MEXIFORNIA , MANANA!!! The European settlers suffer from GANG-GREEN, TODAY!!!)
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To: calcowgirl
More likely, he'd team up with his buddy Villaraigosa instead.

Does this guy really have a chance at being Governor? I think he's a front for the Mexican government.

46 posted on 06/20/2006 2:54:51 PM PDT by SMM48
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To: SMM48

I don't know, but he sure seems to be cozy with all the L.A. power brokers.
Any traditional Republican voices seem to be MIA.


47 posted on 06/20/2006 3:23:29 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: SierraWasp
Or Bill Jones, for that matter!!!

Bill who? Campaign? What campaign?

48 posted on 06/20/2006 3:24:25 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: calcowgirl

Say wha...??? Yew tawlkin ta me???


49 posted on 06/20/2006 4:35:17 PM PDT by SierraWasp (California is MEXIFORNIA , MANANA!!! The European settlers suffer from GANG-GREEN, TODAY!!!)
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To: SierraWasp

LOL.
What I meant was, there was such an absence of a campaign that it's hard to remember who Bill Jones was
(Yes, I'm exaggerating a little--but not much!)


50 posted on 06/20/2006 4:57:10 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: NormsRevenge
... Oh, PS,, I've already written off the 2006 and 2008 elections in California as likely doomed to fail, I'm looking to 2010..

I contend, again, that this is not what you've written off, this is your goal.

Its good when others perceive the agenda of the ilk.

51 posted on 06/20/2006 7:02:09 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: 68 grunt

Care to place a bet on how much state spending increases the next few years under either Schwarzenegger or
Angelides?

Your record of support is nothing to crow about either.


52 posted on 06/20/2006 7:07:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Wanna help kick some liberal arse? It's not just a job here at FR, IT's an obsession.)
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To: calcowgirl
Hey, wait one minute! Aren't you the one calling Arnold's non-endorsement of Feinstein "pragmatic" and saying Mountjoy can't win? One-way-Street, the usual tactic of the "Main Street" republicans.

Obfuscate all you like, but he's right, you're the consistent one. Consistent at heckling, that is. Y'know, undermining the CA GOP strategy base. I can just picture you completing newzdude's prediction, "Look, they couldn't win!". LOL

53 posted on 06/20/2006 7:15:07 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: 68 grunt
"the CA GOP strategy base"

Please define what that means.

54 posted on 06/20/2006 7:17:46 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: NormsRevenge
... Your record of support is nothing to crow about either.

Unlike you, I want no stinkin' demoncraps to win a dang thing.

55 posted on 06/20/2006 7:18:33 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: 68 grunt

PS

It's clear what the (M)ilk's agenda is,, support big spenders and big borrowers.


56 posted on 06/20/2006 7:19:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Wanna help kick some liberal arse? It's not just a job here at FR, IT's an obsession.)
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To: NormsRevenge
It's clear what the (M)ilk's agenda is,, support big spenders and big borrowers.

...and those who do not oppose the homosexual agenda.

57 posted on 06/20/2006 7:21:53 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: calcowgirl
"the CA GOP strategy base"

Please define what that means.

To me this means the GOPers we need, plus the wishy washy, easily swayed, completely unreliable, often unwashed, middleground. They aren't GOP, but they're needed in the strategy to win.

This leads again to Newzjunky's observation that your goal (my words) is to divide first the GOP. With division within the GOP the middleground will never follow. But, you know that, don't you?

58 posted on 06/20/2006 7:24:38 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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To: 68 grunt

Boy, that's gonna smart not being able to vote for Moonbeam again, huh? (Or is Poochigian too conservative for you too?)

Who says I'm voting for any democrat, btw?


59 posted on 06/20/2006 7:28:03 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Wanna help kick some liberal arse? It's not just a job here at FR, IT's an obsession.)
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To: calcowgirl
... ...and those who do not oppose the homosexual agenda.

Dang, it doesn't get much better than this! The faux-bull is inferring that I support the homosexual agenda. What a hoot! Doesn't get much more unsavory than that.

60 posted on 06/20/2006 7:28:37 PM PDT by 68 grunt (3/1 India, 3rd, 68-69, 0311)
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